Milwaukee high school booted from voucher program

Building code violations cited By DANI McCLAIN dmcclain@journalsentinel.com A private high school that opened its doors this year has been kicked out of the city’s voucher program because of building code violations that render it unsafe for students. SPECIAL SECTION: Get complete coverage of news and features about education in the Milwaukee area, Wisconsin and beyond, including weblogs, podcasts and our hot topics discussion forum. R&B Academy, 5150 N. 32nd St., is the third publicly funded private school to be launched by Ricardo Brooks and subsequently ousted from the voucher program by the state Department of Public Instruction because of problems. A rule that would have banned Brooks from involvement in the voucher program for seven years was struck down by state attorneys as unenforceable. Under the city’s voucher... [read full story]